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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the interview process explained to Joe?
(a) The hospital wants to be sure that no one is infected.
(b) It is the manner in which the patients can tell their story.
(c) It is the hospitals way of talking to the people in the cottage.
(d) The patients need to ensure all of their affairs are in order this way.

2. What seems to be the most important theme of the play?
(a) Really live while you're alive.
(b) Life always ends in death.
(c) There is always hope even in death.
(d) There are many stages of grief.

3. What does Maggie feel about her life with Joe?
(a) It went by too fast.
(b) It was a total failure.
(c) It is not over.
(d) It was only made up of good moments.

4. What does Steve chide his mother about never being able to do?
(a) Go inside the cottage.
(b) Talk to Joe about his illness.
(c) Live a rural life.
(d) Refusing to have a drink.

5. How does Brian respond when he sees Beverly at the cottage?
(a) He asks her where Brian is.
(b) He asks her if she is happy in her new life.
(c) He talks about her dress and all of the jewelry she wears.
(d) He tells her to leave and that he doesn't want to see her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brian admit scares him to death?

2. How does Steve feel about seeing his father?

3. What does Beverly try to interject into Brian's grieving process?

4. What happened to Claire?

5. What does Mark tell Beverly about Brian?

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